marissa ([info]rissa_rose) wrote in [info]ohnotheydidnt,
@ 2008-10-02 18:31:00
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so now hairspray is closing, but not before bringing back...


Hairspray, the Tony Award-winning hit Broadway musical, is expected to close in mid-January 2009, but not before welcoming back the Mother of All Ednas — Harvey Fierstein.

Playbill.com has learned that Fierstein — who won a 2003 Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad, the mama of a portly Baltimore dreamer named Tracy — would return to the Neil Simon Theatre between November and mid-January to give the smash a colorful sendoff.

It's not hard to guess that Fierstein's presence (and the announcement that the show is in its final months) is expected to re-ignite the box office and that the show just might stay on fire into the spring — or even beyond. (The closing notice of Rent excited theatregoers and prompted an extension beyond the first planned closing date.)

A spokesman for Hairspray told Playbill.com Oct. 2 that an official announcement about the show's future is imminent.

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*sigh* Who's next?

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[info]fogandpearls
2008-10-02 11:13 pm UTC (link)
WHAT

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[info]greenstonepilot
2008-10-02 11:13 pm UTC (link)
:(

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[info]rissaroo
2008-10-02 11:15 pm UTC (link)
wwwhat. wow.

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[info]myselftheliar
2008-10-02 11:15 pm UTC (link)
I saw Hairspray with the original cast when it was in previews. FABULOUUUUUUUUS.

But for some odd reason I preferred Fierstein as Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof. With Rosie. GAYEST PRODUCTION OF ALL TIME

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[info]gustheduckie
2008-10-02 11:27 pm UTC (link)
I saw Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Janet Winkour's last performance... it was so emotional at the curtain call. The entire cast and crew came onstage, the appluase lasted fooorevveerr.

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(no subject) - [info]wits, 2008-10-02 11:39 pm UTC (Expand)

[info]grapevineburns
2008-10-02 11:16 pm UTC (link)
OH FUCK NO, NOW I HAVE TO SEE IT ASAP

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[info]notmybusiness
2008-10-02 11:16 pm UTC (link)
Boo. :( This is one of my faves.

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[info]polaroidmoment
2008-10-02 11:17 pm UTC (link)
What is with all these broadway shows closing? Is the economy affecting the GARS too?!

ps. kidding. But seriously, what is going on?

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[info]rissa_rose
2008-10-02 11:21 pm UTC (link)
you're pretty much right, actually.

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(no subject) - [info]jmfossil, 2008-10-04 06:49 am UTC (Expand)

[info]bonitaquetal
2008-10-02 11:19 pm UTC (link)
Shit! So many shows are closing. I better go see this. I've been putting it off for too long. I already missed Lance!

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[info]yeahtucker
2008-10-02 11:20 pm UTC (link)
Now where will all the D-list celebs go?

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[info]ibeliveinfaes
2008-10-03 12:08 am UTC (link)
To Grease, of course!

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(no subject) - [info]wordnerd98, 2008-10-03 03:34 am UTC (Expand)

[info]smirk_dog
2008-10-02 11:21 pm UTC (link)
Harvey Fierstein, heck yes!

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[info]astronof
2008-10-02 11:22 pm UTC (link)
:'(

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[info]helovesthenight
2008-10-02 11:23 pm UTC (link)
NOOOOO, Now I HAVE to see it in December!!!

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[info]alexxxalkie
2008-10-02 11:23 pm UTC (link)
omg D:


if Wicked goes too, im going to flip a shit and cut some bitches without hesitation

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[info]rissa_rose
2008-10-02 11:25 pm UTC (link)
wicked won't close for another twenty years. you have nothing to worry about there.

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(no subject) - [info]alexxxalkie, 2008-10-02 11:56 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]strangelittlex, 2008-10-02 11:29 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]helovesthenight, 2008-10-02 11:38 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]lespapillons, 2008-10-02 11:57 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]reddressorblue, 2008-10-03 12:42 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]laranal, 2008-10-03 02:28 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]buranko, 2008-10-03 04:42 am UTC (Expand)

[info]lailaandmarvi
2008-10-02 11:23 pm UTC (link)
Image and video hosting by TinyPic

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[info]lailaandmarvi
2008-10-02 11:25 pm UTC (link)
no no, this is better:
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but seriously guys, why must all the good shows close?

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[info]elizabethcate
2008-10-03 12:48 am UTC (link)
Is she slumped against the vending machine at school?

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[info]backinblonde
2008-10-02 11:27 pm UTC (link)
it's so sad that so many shows are closing right now :(

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[info]astronof
2008-10-02 11:27 pm UTC (link)
I hope Chicago isn't next.

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[info]micron_maven
2008-10-02 11:45 pm UTC (link)
OMG is ur icon from Jurassic Park?

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(no subject) - [info]astronof, 2008-10-03 12:05 am UTC (Expand)

[info]leblikeshakira
2008-10-02 11:27 pm UTC (link)
GUYS THE BROADWAY APOCALYPSE IS NIGH

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[info]curtaindown
2008-10-02 11:29 pm UTC (link)
NOO!!!! D:

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[info]stalkmeback
2008-10-02 11:31 pm UTC (link)
That's enough :(

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[info]micron_maven
2008-10-02 11:32 pm UTC (link)
I love Harvey...but This is my Favorite Edna is

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holy shit
[info]loanmuba
2008-10-03 12:24 am UTC (link)
i said to myself this LOOKED like Glenn!

but i reassured myself that it was.

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[info]unbirthdayalice
2008-10-02 11:34 pm UTC (link)
I'm really surprised they haven't cast the girl from the movie. I'm sure that would sell ticket. I guess maybe she doesn't want to do it (idk why, it's not like she's going to be really doing anything else)?

It's had a good run. I'll miss it, but not that much. It's just sad that all these musicals are closing. =( It seems the only ones that will stay are the Lion King and Wicked...

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[info]unbirthdayalice
2008-10-02 11:37 pm UTC (link)
Oh, and Jersey Boys. I forgot about that for a second.

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(no subject) - [info]laranal, 2008-10-03 02:28 am UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]polaroidmoment, 2008-10-02 11:46 pm UTC (Expand)
(no subject) - [info]helovesthenight, 2008-10-03 12:13 am UTC (Expand)
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[info]glamour_addict
2008-10-02 11:34 pm UTC (link)
I am so sad.

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[info]superhotfemale
2008-10-02 11:37 pm UTC (link)
okay well i will need to go see it before it closes but at least i have more of an advanced notice than Legally blonde, i am seeing it again tomorrow, 2nd time in less than 2 weeks haha

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[info]la_petite_singe
2008-10-02 11:45 pm UTC (link)
Oh my god, my boyfriend's gay former roommate is going to kill himself. He's already seen it 30+ times, but he'll still be devastated.

(Yes, 30+. That's thirty.)

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[info]buranko
2008-10-03 04:44 am UTC (link)
When I first saw Spring Awakening, I sat next to a woman who had seen the show over 400 times.

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